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Apple Watch Orders Will Remain Exclusively Online Through May, Deliveries Begin April 24
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HobeSoundDarryl
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Her boss decided on the launch day and made that public. The organization was either confidently ready to deliver on that launch day or he shouldn't have picked that day. She doesn't control her boss picking the day, nor the organization charged with having plenty of product ready to deliver on the chosen day. What she can control is trying to take the cards she was given and play out that hand as effectively as possible. If she was not at Apple, what would have been different?
And that's why you're commenting on MacRumors and not working as an executive for Apple.
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"A lot" of people were unhappy with previous Apple product launches, as well. That proves they were not doing it right before, and so they're not any worse now. A lot = a lot.
I think you are probably right. One a conference call with work yesterday, several people were talking about the watch and wanting it more now that it is sold out. People were saying they didn't know much about it, but with it already on back order, they want it more.
The press is eating it up with new polls on yahoo this morning predicting that 6% of Americans will buy this year for over 15mm just from the US.
I don't think Apple wanted this to happen, but it is the hype machine and desire to own Apple products because they are the best. The press talks about the delays, people talk about the back orders and more and more people who normally wouldn't even know about the watch are finding out about it and wanting it. When you make the best and you can outsell all other smart watches in just days what took them one to two years is actually quite funny.
Total poppycock.
You and other whiners ignore the fact that "nothing worthwhile is easily obtained".
After every keynote that Steve, and now Tim, has made they both acknowledge the Apple team (and their families) for the long hours of work put in to create these great products which continue to be in such high demand, and which have earned Apple its prosperity.
Each and every Apple product represents huge amounts of R&D, design, coordination, planning, logistics, and follow through over YEARS. To be able then to come down to the wire and get product shipped and stocked in time for a release is also no small task.
To whine about apparent failures or incompetence or some imagined skullduggery betrays profound and childish stupidity.
HobeSoundDarryl
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No way you had an Apple product that needed a repair.
Oh yeah, sorry. I temporarily dropped the RDF and ADF filters. Rebooting both now...
Revision: Last time I was in an Apple store, I bought everything they had for sale, had an almost Moses-on-the-mountain-type experience that was the highpoint of my life, some old sports injuries magically healed, my tonsils grew back, my IQ rose 37 points, 4 supermodels approached me wanting FWB relationships with no strings, the IRS offered me an exemption from ever having to pay taxes again, people walking by outside the store who looked in and saw me thought I looked much cooler and the cellular service provider dropped the asterisk from "unlimited*". The one negative was that I eventually had to leave which seemed akin to being cast out of the garden of eden.
How's that? I know it needs a reference to "the future", "the cloud" and maybe a "99%" but I'm a little tired this morning.
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Maybe there will be some available for pickup if someone didn't pre-order. (if they are lucky).
I don't line up either. But the last time I picked up a product at the store on launch day there were rope lines set up when I got there (around 8:30 am).
Not necessarily, I think it depends on which watch and band type that could affect the date.
Total agreement that is isn't her fault - Apple just knew they were going to sell more than they had just from the simple fact that their products are always way better than anyone else and they even said there was some constraint.
APPLE: We expect to sell out of the Apple Watch immediately
Apr. 9, 2015, 9:08 AM
Apple has confirmed that preorders for the Apple Watch will start at 12:01 a.m. PT on Friday. That means customers on the East Coast will have to wait until 3:01 a.m. ET to access preorders as soon as they roll out.
You will be able to try on the Apple Watch and get a demo of all its features at Apple Stores starting Friday. But preorders can be made only online, Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president of retail and online sales, said Thursday in a statement.
Ahrendts also said she expected Apple to sell out of its initial supply of the Apple Watch at launch.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-preorders-start-2015-4#ixzz3XTsWa36z
They don't even have demo stock yet
Sure they do I tried out one in Houston at Memorial City when I was trying on apple watches this past weekend.
Oh yeah, sorry. I temporarily dropped the RDF and ADF filters. Rebooting both now...
Revision: Last time I was in an Apple store, I bought everything they had for sale, had an almost Moses-on-the-mountain-type experience that was the highpoint of my life, some old sports injuries magically healed, my tonsils grew back, 4 supermodels approached me wanting FWB relationships with no strings, the IRS offered me an exemption from ever having to pay taxes again and the cellular service provider dropped the asterisk from "unlimited*". The one negative was that I eventually had to leave which seemed akin to being cast out of the garden of eden.
How's that? I know it needs a reference to "the future", "the cloud" and maybe a "99%" but I'm a little tired this morning.
Much better, and no doubt much closer to the truth.
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But if it was a man and he said get this guy out of here it would OK. Right?
I really don't think Apple could have done a better job. It takes time to design a Watch and time to manufacture it. The only way they could've had enough to meet demand is if they delayed the release in order to manufacture more. That would mean no one would get one next Friday.
What would be worse if they only sold them through brick and mortar and the scalpers got most of them (like the way a game console is typically launched).
It seems most are upset because they aren't able to buy one next week and because Apple isn't launching it's first piece of jewelry like it launched a typical piece of electronic.
What would be worse if they only sold them through brick and mortar and the scalpers got most of them (like the way a game console is typically launched).
It seems most are upset because they aren't able to buy one next week and because Apple isn't launching it's first piece of jewelry like it launched a typical piece of electronic.
I wonder if the Apple/GT Advanced debacle was the ultimate delay in production of these watches. I know this doesn't really affect the Sport watches, but they may have had to churn up production lines for the sapphire models to meet the expected demand.
But if it was a man and he said get this guy out of here it would OK. Right?
Apparently some people think the opposite of mysogyny is to never speak ill of women as opposed to men simply on account of their gender. Which ironically seems rather sexist.
Not that I personally have anything against Ahrendts.
The employees didn't even receive training on a fully functioning watch. Even the display watches aren't fully functional. This is going down to the last second with refinements.
Speaking ill of a woman is not sexist when the comment is not insulting her because of her sex.
Apple did in store pick ups first during the iPhone 6 launch. I'm sure that could've minimized the scalper aspect.